Official Doubling the Canon Nominees Challenge - April 2019

[AB537]

15. Bez Konca - No End (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1985)

[Mate_cosido]

13. Nogiku no gotoki kimi nariki - She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955, Keisuke Kinoshita)

14. Tonka Sibenice (1930, Karl Anton)

15. La Promesse (1996, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne)

16. Angela (1995, Rebecca Miller) [Bonus game, sol's nomination]

Seen so far:Show

1. Kamera o tomeru na! - One Cut of the Dead (2017, Shin'ichirô Ueda)

2. La caméra de Claire - Claire's Camera (2017, Sang-soo Hong)

3. Yôtô monogatari: hana no Yoshiwara hyakunin-giri - Hero of the Red Light District (1960, Tomu Uchida)

4. Emporte-moi - Set Me Free (1999, Léa Pool)

5. While Paris Sleeps (1932, Allan Dwan)

6. Yeolnyeomun - Bound by Chastity Rules (1962, Sang-ok Shin)

7. Metro Manila (2013, Sean Ellis)

8. Batang West Side - West Side Avenue (2001, Lav Diaz)

9. Happî awâ - Happy Hour (2015, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi)

10. 1000-nen kizami no hidokei - Magino Village: A Tale (1987, Shinsuke Ogawa)

11. Kukuli (1961, Luis Figueroa, Eulogio Nishiyama, César Villanueva)

12. Kagerô - Heat Wave (1991, Hideo Gosha)

13. Nogiku no gotoki kimi nariki - She Was Like a Wild Chrysanthemum (1955, Keisuke Kinoshita)

14. Tonka Sibenice (1930, Karl Anton)

15. La Promesse (1996, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne)

16. Angela (1995, Rebecca Miller)

[sol]

16. Angela (1995, Rebecca Miller) [Bonus game, sol's nomination]

And just in time to include in your ballot for the Female Directors poll should you deem it worthy enough.

List of Promoted Films

Film	Nominated By	# of Watchers	Link	Double?
Harlequin	sol	0

Not that many are actually paying attention to the Bonus Game, but Harlequin is a double.

Oh wait; I just clicked on the iCM link and lo and behold:

maxwelldeux checked this movie
6 hours 7 minutes ago

[maxwelldeux]

Have you dined at a Barbecue Area?Show

1. Clue (1985, maxwelldeux) #192
2. Force of Evil (1948, DtCNom) #347
3. All This Mayhem (2014, nimimerkillinen) #50 [bonus game]
4. The Hit (1984, AB537) #1053 [bonus game]
5. Meru (2015) #693 [bonus game]
"6. Shorts (61m):

Art of Memory (1987, hurluberlu, 37m) [bg]
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928, jvv, 13m)
Inspiration (1949, jvv, 11m)"
7. Dr. Plonk (2007, sol) #281 [bg]
8. The Music of Chance (1993, 72allinncallme) #1075 [bg]
9. Straw Dogs (1971, PeacefulAnarchy) #984
"10. Shorts (66m):

The Woman Always Pays (1910, tobias, 37m)
Das triadische Ballett (1970, rnilsson19, 29m) [bg]"
11. The Geisha House (1998, cinephage) [bg]
"12. Shorts (63m):

Great Display of Brock's Fireworks (1904, XxXApathy420XxX, 5m)
Inca Light (1972, rischka, 17m) [bg]
Rohfilm (1968, DTCNom, 20m)
V-E +1 (1945, allisoncm, 21m)"
13. The Toth Family (1969, St. Gloede) [bg]

14. Harlequin (1980, sol) [bg]
LITERALLY WRITING IT UP, SOL...
11th Bonus Game watch, and available on Amazon Prime. A modern retelling of the Rasputin story, Robert Powell KILLS it as the creepy Rasputin-esque character. Unfortunately, this film had a couple general strikes against it from the outset - a) I don't really like the Rasputin story, and b) I'm not a fan of supernatural films. That said, I thought this was much better than I initially anticipated and enjoyed it somewhat, though it wasn't my thing. But a pretty cool creepy film for anyone who's a light-horror/thriller fan.

Also, that's my 11th watch for the Bonus Game, but since I didn't claim it for the 10th I'll promote...

Anita (2013) https://www.icheckmovies.com/movies/anita-2013/


This is allisoncm's nomination for DtC, and a fantastic one. It's a documentary about the confirmation hearing of Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court and how Anita Hill, who accused him of repeated sexual harassment, was treated. It's a film that was a tad ahead of its time, but has aged extremely well, especially (and I hate these terms, but I'll go with them for clarity) in the wake of the Weinstein era/#MeToo Movement/Brett Kavanaugh hearings. Utterly fascinating.

[maxwelldeux]

List of Promoted Films

Film	Nominated By	# of Watchers	Link	Double?
Harlequin	sol	0

Not that many are actually paying attention to the Bonus Game, but Harlequin is a double.

Oh wait; I just clicked on the iCM link and lo and behold:

maxwelldeux checked this movie
6 hours 7 minutes ago

You posted while I was typing, so I had to make my comment...

Also, to be fair, beavis also watched Harlequin this month, though before you promoted it.

And on a completely separate note, the first film that got you a lot of "I'll watch that even if I don't expect to like it" credit for me was Timecrimes (2007). Watched that based on your review and ended up loving it.

[sol]

You posted while I was typing, so I had to make my comment...

Happens to the best of us (you've done that to me, too). And glad you liked Timecrimes!

[St. Gloede]

DtC ratings:

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1. Zwischen zwei Kriegen / Between Two Wars (1978, Harun Farocki) 4
2. Videogramme einer Revolution / Videogram of a Revolution (1992, Harun Farocki) 3
3. Soleil Ô (1970, Med Hondo) 3
4. Les mille et une mains / A Thousand and One Hands (1973, Souheil Ben-Barka) 1 (fantastic first 15 minutes however)
5. Meandre (1966, Mircea Saucan) 6 (Spellbinding!!!)
6. Don Kikhot / Don Quixote (1957, Grigori Kozintsev) 2
7. Un Amleto di meno / One Hamlet Less (1973, Carmelo Bene) 0
8. Flucht nach Berlin / Flight to Berlin (1961, Will Tremper) 1
9. Boerensymfonie / Peasant Symphony (1944, Henri Storck & Maurice Delattre) 5
10. Pyshka / Boule de suif (1934, Mikhail Romm) 2
11. Duminica la ora 6 / Sunday at Six (1965, Lucian Pintilie) 4
12. Kamouraska (1973, Claude Jutra) 3
13. Die endlose Nacht / The Endless Night, (1963, Will Temper) 1
14. Les orgueilleux / The Proud and the Beautiful (1953, Yves Allégret) 5
15. Jean-Luc persécuté (1966, Claude Goretta) 3
16. Zaseda / The Ambush (1969, Zivojin Pavlovic) 2
17. Os Lobos (1923, Rino Lupo) 1
18. Silvestre (1981, João César Monteiro) 4
19. Ladybird Ladybird (1994, Ken Loach) 4
20. Les antiquités de Rome (1991, Jean-Claude Rousseau) 5
21. Rosa de Areia (1989, António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro) 4
22. Sedotta e abbandonata / Seduced and Abandoned (1964, Pietro Germi) 3
23. Les rendez-vous de Paris (1995, Eric Rohmer) 5 (almost went with 6 for this one, may still change my mind)
24. La Patagonia rebelde / Rebellion in Patagonia (1974, Héctor Olivera) 2
25. Omokage (1948, Heinosuke Gosho) 2
26. Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe / Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975, Manoel de Oliveira) 3
27. Bittere Ernte / Angry Harvest (1985, Agnieszka Holland) 3
28. Casa de Lava / Down to Earth (1994, Pedro Costa) 2
29. Un borghese piccolo piccolo / An Average Little Man (1977, Mario Monicelli) 2
30, Giorgobistve / Falling Leaves (1966, Otar Iosseliani) 2
31. Behindert (1974, Stephen Dwoskin) 2
32. Giordano Bruno (1973, Giuliano Montaldo) 1
33. Monanieba (1984, Tengiz Abuladze) 3
34. A Promessa (1973, António de Macedo) 2
35. Bez konca / No End (1985, Krzysztof Kieslowski) 3
36. Una pelea cubana contra los demonios / A Cuban Fight Against Demons (1972, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea) 6
37. O Canto do Mar / Song of the Sea (1953, Alberto Cavalcanti) 1-2
38. Kukuli (1961, Luis Figueroa & Eulogio Nishiyama) 0
39. Belyie gory / White Mountains (1965, Melis Ubukeyev) 2
40. Me, bebia, Iliko da Ilarioni / I, Grandmother, Iliko and Illarion (1962, Tengiz Abuladze) 3
41. Mi tío Jacinto / Uncle Hyacint (1956, Ladislao Vajda) 4
42. Identificazione di una donna (1982, Michelangelo Antonioni) 1
43. Der verlorene Sohn (1934, Luis Trenker) 2
44. Domingo à Tarde / Sunday Afternoon (1966, António de Macedo) 1
45. La caméra de Claire (2017, Sang-soo Hong) 1
46. Le cousin Jules (1972, Dominique Benicheti) 3
47. ... Mehri to ploio / Cornerstone (1966, Alexis Damianos) 0
48. Ziva istina / Real Truth (1972, Tomislav Radic) 1
49. Gostanza da Libbiano (2000, Paolo Benvenuti) 4
50. Sürü / The Herd (1978, Zeki Ökten) 0
51. La classe américaine (1993, Michel Hazanavicius & Dominique Mézerette) 0
52. Je t'attendrai (1939, Léonide Moguy) 2
53. Valamit visz a víz / Something is in the Water (1944, Gusztáv Oláh & Lajos Zilahy) 0-1
54. Dong fu ren AKA The Arch (1969, Shu Shuen Tong) 1
55. Utajo oboegaki AKA Notes of an Itinerant Performer (1941, Hiroshi Shimizu) 1
56. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997, Werner Herzog) 2
57. Un été inoubliable / An Unforgettable Summer (1994, Lucian Pintilie) 2
58. O Passado e o Presente AKA Past and Present (1972, Manoel de Oliveira) 0

59. Il mare (1963, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi) 2
60. Käpy selän alla / Under Your Skin / Skin, Skin (1966, Mikko Niskanen) 0

[Perception de Ambiguity]

24. 第三の影武者 / The Third Shadow Warrior / Daisan no kagemusha / The Third Shadow (井上梅次/Umetsugu Inoue, 1963)

screensShow

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25. La classe américaine / Le grand détournement (Michel Hazanavicius & Dominique Mézerette, 1993)

[15 min] Askeladden og de gode hjelperne / The Ashlad and His Good Helpers (Ivo Caprino, 1961)

[16 min] Alaska (Dore O., 1969) (rewatch)

DD, Double DShow

the unofficial history as told by the losers of warShow

1. Cabeza de Vaca (Nicolás Echevarría, 1990)
2. La maternelle / Children of Montmartre (Jean Benoît-Lévy & Marie Epstein, 1933)
3. Hundertwassers Regentag (Peter Schamoni, 1971)
4. Art of Memory (Woody Vasulka, 1987)
5. Inspirace / Inspiration (Karel Zeman, 1949)
6. Una pelea cubana contra los demonios / A Cuban Fight Against Demons (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1972)
7. 何が彼女をそうさせたか / What Made Her Do It? / Nani ga kanojo o sô saseta ka (鈴木重吉/Shigeyoshi Suzuki (& maybe Yoneo Ota), 1930)
8. 流浪北京 / Bumming in Beijing: The Last Dreamers (吴文光/Wu Wenguang, 1990)
9. Quelque part quelqu'un / Somewhere, Someone (Yannick Bellon, 1972)
10. 第一類型危險 / Dangerous Encounters: 1st Kind / Don't Play With Fire / Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind (Director's Cut) (徐克/Tsui Hark, 1980)
11. La Patagonia rebelde / Rebellion in Patagonia (Héctor Olivera, 1974)
12. Hermógenes Cayo (Imaginero) (Jorge Preloran, 1969)
13. Moonlighting (Jerzy Skolimowski, 1982)
14. La folie Almayer / Almayer's Folly (Chantal Akerman, 2011)
15. Ocurrido en Hualfín / It Happened in Hualfin / Sucedio en el Hualfin (Raymundo Gleyzer & Jorge Preloran, 1965)
16. Right of Way (George Schaefer, 1983)
17. Short Subject / Mickey Mouse in Vietnam (Lee Savage, 1969) (rewatch)
18. Remains to Be Seen (Philip S. Solomon, 1989)
19. False Aging (Lewis Klahr, 2008) (rewatch)
20. Up (Mike Hoover & Tim Huntley, 1984)
21. 21 x Nowy Jork / 21 X New York (Piotr Stasik, 2016)
22. Hajnal / Dawn (András Szirtes, 1980)
23. 斬る / Kill! (岡本喜八/Kihachi Okamoto, 1968)
24. Remains to Be Seen (Philip S. Solomon, 1989) (rewatch)
25.Videogramme einer Revolution (Harun Farocki & Andrei Ujica, 1992)
26. 1000年刻みの日時計 牧野村物語 / Magino Village: A Tale (小川紳介/Shinsuke Ogawa, 1986/1987)
27. Harlequin (Simon Wincer, 1980)

1. Episode 3: 'Enjoy Poverty' (Renzo Martens, 2009)
2. Barwy ochronne / Camouflage (Krzysztof Zanussi, 1977)
3. 上意討ち 拝領妻始末 / Samurai Rebellion (小林正樹/Masaki Kobayashi, 1967)
4. Carlito's Way (Brian De Palma, 1993) (rewatch)
5. I Am Another You (Nanfu Wang, 2017)
6. État de siège / State of Siege (Costa-Gavras, 1972)
7. Europa / Zentropa (Lars von Trier, 1991) (rewatch)
8. Дурак / The Fool (Юрий Быков/Yuri Bykov, 2014)
9. Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 / Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (Alain Tanner, 1976) (rewatch)
10. Mayıs Sıkıntısı / Clouds of May (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 1999)
11. キッズ・リターン / Kids Return (北野武/Takeshi Kitano, 1996)
12. СРЕЋНО / KÖLŌKU / Good Luck (Ben Russell, 2017)
13. Jean-Luc persécuté (Claude Goretta, 1966)
14. Mondomanila: Kung paano ko inayos ang buhok ko matapos ang mahaba-haba ring paglalakba / Mondomanila, or: How I Fixed My Hair After a Rather Long Journey (this is not a film by khavn, 2012)
15. Peau de pêche / Peach Skin (Marie Epstein & Jean Benoît-Lévy, 1929)
16. فریاد مورچه ها /Scream of the Ants (محسن مخملباف/Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 2006)
17. 小畢的故事 / Growing Up (陳坤厚/Kun-Hou Chen, 1983)
18. Kundskabens træ / The Tree of Knowledge (Nils Malmros, 1981)
19. 肉弾 / Nikudan / The Human Bullet (Kihachi Okamoto, 1968)
20. Ejercicios de memoria (Paz Encina, 2016)
21. Magical Girl (Carlos Vermut, 2014)
22. Työmiehen päiväkirja / A Worker's Diary / Not by Bread Alone / Diary of a Worker (Risto Jarva, 1967)
23. Zezowate szczęście / Bad Luck (Andrzej Munk, 1960)
24. 第三の影武者 / The Third Shadow Warrior / Daisan no kagemusha / The Third Shadow (井上梅次/Umetsugu Inoue, 1963)
25. La classe américaine / Le grand détournement (Michel Hazanavicius & Dominique Mézerette, 1993)

shortsShow

[14 min] Toccata for Toy Trains (Charles Eames & Ray Eames, 1957)
[30 min] Sepio (Frans van de Staak, 1996)
[8 min] The Pointer (Clyde Geronimi, 1939) (rewatch)
[16 min] Alaska (Dore O., 1969)
[29 min] Eye Lands (Myron Ort, 1970)
[15 min] Askeladden og de gode hjelperne / The Ashlad and His Good Helpers (Ivo Caprino, 1961)
[16 min] Alaska (Dore O., 1969) (rewatch)

[beavis]

SpoilerShow

1. Hakuja Den (1958)- 7/10
2. Heroes of the East (1978)- 7/10
3. Apocalypse Domani (1980)- 6/10
4. Harlequin (1980) - 7,5/10
5. Kamera o tomeru na! (2017) - 8/10
6. Il Cavaliere Misterioso (1948) - 7,5/10
7. Yôkihi (1955) - 7/10

8. LA 92 (2017) - 7/10
not something I would have watched if not promoted for two different things I am participating in
9. Kin-Dza-Dza (1986) - 7,5/10
fun movie, sometimes very inventive, sometimes dragging a bit,

SpoilerShow

didn't like the time travelling towards the end

10. Stop Making Sense (1984) - 7,5/10
very exiting music, good registration, not a movie
11. A Field in England (2013) - 7/10
this one is trying a bit too hard I feel, the dialogues are clearly meant to be funny, but I didn't laugh, the trippy stuff is meant to be cool, but I wasn't blown away

on the whole very interesting movies, potential for lots of coolness, but let down a bit in different ways for each of them

[rnilsson19]

Not CanonicalShow

1. Bruits d'images aux fenêtres d'osmin (Jakobois, 1984) -
2. Great Display of Brock's Fireworks (1904)
3. Ace of Light (Dennis Pies, 1984)
4. Chage & Aska: On Your Mark (Hayao Miyazaki, 1995)
5. Silvercup (Jim Jennings, 1998)
6. Rohfilm (Birgit Hein/Wilhelm Hein, 1968)
7. Nuestra Señora de Paris (Teo Hernandez, 1982)
8. Acht Stunden sind kein Tag (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972) - A resounding 6/6.
9. The Rugged Island: A Shetland Lyric (Jenny Gilbertson, 1934)
10. False Aging (Lewis Klahr, 2008)
11. Miejsce urodzenia (Pawel Lozinski, 1992)
12. Passacaglia y Fuga (Jorge Honik, 1975)
13. Reifezeit (Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1976)
14. The Purple Plain (Robert Parrish, 1954)
15. Hajnal (András Szirtes, 1979)
16. Irezumi (Yasuzô Masumura, 1966)
17. Alyonka (Boris Barnet, 1961)
18. LA Plays Itself (Fred Halsted, 1972)
19. Eye Lands (Myron Ort, 1970)
20. The Blackout (Abel Ferrara, 1997)
21. Viele kamen vorbei (Peter Pewas, 1956)
22. Bamui haebyun-eoseo honja (Sang-soo Hong, 2017)
23. Je t'attendrai (Léonide Moguy, 1939)
24. Lust for Life (Vincente Minnelli, 1956)
25. Peau de pêche (Jean Benoît-Lévy/Marie Epstein, 1929)
26. Maudite soit la guerre (Alfred Machin, 1914)
27. Memorandum (John Spotton/Donald Brittain, 1967)
28. Toccata for Toy Trains (Charles Eames/Ray Eames, 1957)
29. BabaKiueria (Don Featherstone, 1986)
30. V-E +1 (Samuel Fuller, 1945)
31. Babylon (Franco Rosso, 1980)
32. Panique (Julien Duvivier, 1946)
33. Light and the City (Leo Hurwitz/Peggy Lawson, 1970)
34. Up (Mike Hoover/Tim Huntley, 1984)
35. If You Stand with Your Back to the Slowing of the Speed of Light in Water (Julie Murray, 1997)
36. Gostanza da Libbiano (Paolo Benvenuti, 2000)
37. Mayerling (Anatole Litvak, 1936)
38. Moontide (Archie Mayo, 1942)

CanonicalShow

1. Personal Problems (Bill Gunn, 1980)
2. Winifred Wagner und die Geschichte des Hauses Wahnfried von 1914-1975 (Hans-Jürgen Syberberg, 1976)
3. Shorts:

Art of Memory (Woody Vasulka, 1987) 37 min REWATCH
Il caso Valdemar (Gianni Hoepli/Ubaldo Magnaghi, 1936) 12 min.
The Pointer (Clyde Geronimi, 1939) 9 min
States (Hollis Frampton, 1967) 18 min

4. Virgin People (Celso Ad. Castillo, 1984)
5. Prénom Carmen (Jean-Luc Godard, 1983)
6. Thunderbolt (Josef Von Sternberg, 1929)
7. Une vie (Alexandre Astruc, 1958)
8. Frieda (Basil Dearden, 1947)
9. The Long Voyage Home (John Ford, 1940)
10. Saenghwalui balgyeon (Sang-soo Hong, 2002)
11. Trzecia czesc nocy (Andrzej Zulawski, 1971)
12. The Magical World of Disney: Mars and Beyond (Ward Kimball, 1957)
13. Devi (Satyajit Ray, 1960)
14. Model (Frederick Wiseman, 1981)
15. Anjô-ke no butôkai (Kôzaburô Yoshimura, 1947)
16. Les rendez-vous de Paris (Eric Rohmer, 1995)
17. O Último Mergulho (João César Monteiro, 1992)
18. Illuminated Texts (R. Bruce Elder, 1982)
19. Billy Liar (John Schlesinger, 1963)
20. Nazi Concentration Camps (George Stevens, 1945)
21. Nagareru (Mikio Naruse, 1956)
22. The Naked Dawn (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1955)
23. I pugni in tasca (Marco Bellocchio, 1965)
24. Zui quan (Woo-ping Yuen, 1978)
25. Satansbraten (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1976)
26. Vokaldy paralelder (Rustam Khamdamov, 2005)
27. Suzaki Paradaisu: Akashingô (Yûzô Kawashima, 1956)
28. Xiao Wu (Zhangke Jia, 1997)
29. Maboroshi no hikari (Hirokazu Koreeda, 1995)
30. Recordações da Casa Amarela (João César Monteiro, 1989)

31. O Pagador de Promessas (Anselmo Duarte, 1962)
32. The Gang's All Here (Busby Berkeley, 1943)
33. The Naked Kiss (Samuel Fuller, 1964)
34. Iguana (Monte Hellman, 1988)
35. Hobo (John T. Davis, 1992)
36. Frameup (Jon Jost, 1993)
37. Dalu (Yu Sun, 1935)
38. Oyû-sama (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1951)



That's it for me! 38 official + 38 unofficial seems just about right.

Top 10 viewings during this whole process:

1. Acht Stunden sind kein Tag (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1972)
2. Panique (Julien Duvivier, 1946)
3. Saenghwalui balgyeon (Sang-soo Hong, 2002)
4. The Blackout (Abel Ferrara, 1997)
5. Babylon (Franco Rosso, 1980)
6. Prénom Carmen (Jean-Luc Godard, 1983)
7. Satansbraten (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1976)
8. Suzaki Paradaisu: Akashingô (Yûzô Kawashima, 1956)
9. O Último Mergulho (João César Monteiro, 1992)
10. Anjô-ke no butôkai (Kôzaburô Yoshimura, 1947)

[albajos]

42. Next of Kin (1982) Australia | New Zealand 92 checks [cinephage] [double]

Off. list progress
+10 Doubling the Canon (17,0%)

Nominated by
29 by users (incl. 6 shorts) (Top users: AB537, jeff_v, ofrene, OldAle1 & rnilsson19 with 2. 19 with 1)
10 DtC 2014 (incl. 1 short)
05 21st Century drop
02 TSPDT drop
02 DtC 2018 Nom

Following Munchausen in his flightShow

01. Force of Evil (1948) USA 12 official list 1 573 checks [DtC 2014] [double]
02. Duel (1971) USA 3 official lists 7 144 checks [AB537]
03. Santa sangre (1989) Italy | Mexico 5 official lists 2 614 checks [ChrisReynolds]
04. Black Roots (1970) West Germany | Sweden | USA 27 checks [DtC 2018 Nom]
05. Joe (1970) USA 167 checks [bal3x]
06. All This Mayhem (2014) Australia | UK 133 checks [nimimerkillinen - bonus] [double]
07. Mikey and Nicky (1976) USA 4 official lists 575 checks [ofrene]
08. The Notebook (2004) USA 1 official list 35 194 checks [21st century Drop-off]
09. Dharmaga tongjoguro kan kkadalgun (1989) South Korea 6 official lists 295 checks [DtC 2014]
10. Sürü (1978) Turkey 5 official lists 297 checks [DtC 2014]
12 (s1a) Das triadische Ballett (1970) West Germany 23 checks [rnilsson19 - bonus] 30 min. (30)
12 (s1b) Chage & Aska: On Your Mark (1995) Japan 601 checks [toromash] 7 min. (37)
11. Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe (1975) Portugal 2 official lists 79 checks [Hawk]
12 (s1c) Short Subject (1969) USA 1 official list 851 checks [tourdesb] 1 min. (38)
12 (s1d) München-Berlin Wanderung (1927)) Germany 101 checks [rnilsson19] 4 min. (42)
12 (s1e) Great Display of Brock's Fireworks (1904) UK 25 checks [XxXApathy420XxX] 5 min. (47)
12 (s1f) Fugue (1999) Switzerland 2 official lists 369 checks [DtC 2014] 7 min. (54)
12 (s1g) Ace of Light (1984) USA 8 checks [Perception de Ambiguity] 8 min. (2)
13. Jackass: The Movie (2002) USA 13 702 checks [21st Century drop]
14. The Truman Show (1998) USA 12 official lists 98 833 checks [Jimi Antiloop] [rewatch]
15. Jigokumon (1953) Japan 9 official lists 904 checks [OldAle1]
16. The Big Steal (1949) USA 1 official list 411 checks [jvv] [double]
17. The Long Voyage Home (1940) USA 3 official lists 576 checks [Wille] [double]
18. Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) USA 2 official lists 925 checks [jeff_v] [double]
19. This Gun for Hire (1942) USA 4 official lists 1 282 checks [DtC 2014] [double]
20. Brute Force (1947) USA 5 official lists 1 613 checks [DtC 2014] [double]
21. Seabiscuit (2003) USA 2 official lists 11 714 checks [21st Century drop]
22. Nazi Concentration Camps (1945) USA 121 checks [maxwelldeux] [double]
23. The Strawberry Blonde (1941) USA 1 official list 446 checks [PGonzalez] [double]
24. Reconstruction (2003) Denmark 1 official list 659 checks [Onderhond]
25. Trust (1990) USA | UK 4 official lists 1 270 checks [jeff_v]
26. Oliver Twist (1948) UK 7 official lists 4 194 checks [DtC 2014] [double]
27. Brighton Rock (1948) UK 8 official lists 1 269 checks DtC 2014] [double]
28. House of Games (1987) USA 8 official lists 2 567 checks [AB537]
29. Friday Night Lights (2004) USA | Germany 3 378 checks [21st Century drop]
30. Nocturnal Animals (2016) USA 5 281 checks [21st Century drop]
31. The More the Merrier (1943) USA 5 official lists 859 checks [DtC 2014] [double]
32. $9.99 (2008) Australia | Israel 228 checks [sol - bonus] [double]
33. Act of Violence (1949) USA 3 official lists 752 checks [OldAle1] [double]
34. The Web (1947) USA 1 official list 137 checks [flip] [double]
35. Moontide (1942) USA 1 official list 173 checks [frbrown] [double]
36. The Gang's All Here (1943) USA 3 official lists 344 checks [ofrene [double]
37. The Fountainhead (1949) USA 1 official list 993 checks [TSPDT drop] [double]
38. Voice in the Wind (1944) USA 1 official list 59 checks [DtC 2018 Nom] [double]
39. La collectionneuse (1967) France 3 official lists 1 284 checks [TSPDT drop]
40. Plein soleil (1960) France | Italy 9 official lists 1 650 checks [DtC 2014]
41. La femme infidèle (1969) France | Itay 4 official lists 556 checks ofrene]

!seen 42

[OldAle1]

Canon Cannon Kanon Make Up Your MIndShow

1. SHORTS 33 + 28 = 61 m
a) La perle (Henri d'Ursel, 1929)
b) Love Must Love (Myron Ort, 1968)

2. Mer dare / Our Century (Artavazd Peleshian, 1983)

3. SHORTS II 18 + 15 + 28 = 61 m
a) Alaska (Dore O, 1969)
b) Askeladden og de gode hjelperne / The Ashlad and His Good Helpers (Ivo Caprino, 1961)
c) Agarrando pueblo / The Vampires of Poverty (Carlos Mayolo/Luis Ospina, 1977)

4. The Gang's All Here (Busby Berkely, 1943)
5. Night Tide (Curtis Harrington, 1961)
6. Cry Vengeance (Mark Stevens, 1954)
7. Panique (Julien Duvivier, 1946)
8. The Beast of the City (Charles Brabin, 1932)
9. Clue (Jonathan Lynn, 1985)
10. Lee's Adventure (Frant Gwo, 2011)
11. La nuit fantastique / Fantastic Night (Marcel L'Herbier, 1942)
12. Dr. Plonk (Rolf de Heer, 2007)

13. Twice a Man (Gregory J. Markopoulos, 1964)

Experimental short feature that almost feels like a conventional-length mainstream film that got cut in half and then re-edited to make it as confusing and narratively incomprehensible as possible; somehow it all works, a fragmentary tale of a young gay man (maybe) brought back from the verge of suicide, a young woman (Olympia Dukakis - wow, what a journey from this to Moonstruck) identified as Young Mother who may be in love with the young man - is she his mother? his sister? IMDb credits state "stepmother" but I didn't see any indication of that, nor of her being played as an older woman by another actress. Like I said its all quite fragmentary, elliptical, shot silent with occasional voiceovers, dialogue, some of that edited to incomprehensibility. Rain..the beauty of New York City...the enjoyment of struggling to put together plot strands that certainly are there, elusive, out of reach, kept away, so we keep looking, wondering, only maybe finding them, but always finding the beauty, the rain.

14.Summerfield (Ken Hannam, 1977)

Watched a surprisingly excellent copy on YT. sol describes this perfectly as a cross between The Wicker Man and Wake in Fright which gave me very high expectations, too high I thought but... astonishingly enough they were met and perhaps even exceeded. A teacher at a remote school starts to delve into the mystery of the disappearance of his predecessor, gets involved with a strange family - a young woman, her daughter and her brother - who live isolated on an island accessible by a gated causeway - and ultimately of course gets much more than he bargained for. It is really hard to say much about this without spoiling what ended up being a quite singular film - despite it's obvious similarities to the two films cited above, especially the first. I doubt it's a coincidence that the island is called Summerfield given that The Wicker Man took place on Summerisle. And yet it's very much it's own film as well and the references to a rare blood disease and certain other elements point both to some obvious plot points that get sorted out later - and also I think some deeper underlying meanings that might take more viewings to sort out. I never quite figured out the significance of the cannon, for example, apart from it's appearance in some pictures that our protagonist stares at incessantly, trying to figure out a secret. And the ending - what we think is the ending - is powerful and dark, and then....nope, that's enough. See for yourself.

[sol]

14.Summerfield (Ken Hannam, 1977)

And the ending - what we think is the ending - is powerful and dark, and then....nope, that's enough. See for yourself.

Thanks for watching this. Hopefully your positive comments will intrigue others to watch this rather than that other film on mine that everyone has been criticising this month.

[blocho]

I really enjoyed reading your thoughts on The Incident, Blocho, so thanks for sharing and for checking out one of my nominations. I'm glad that you didn't just dismiss it based on your initial thoughts and I'm pleased to see it clearly had an impact on you.

I would be curious to know what you will be rating it for the DTC ballot if you are willing to share but don't feel obliged if you would rather keep your votes to yourself Also, here is my review of the film in case you would like to read more about why I regard it so highly: The Incident

Thanks for reading my very long post. I won't be voting in DTC, but I've come very far around on this movie. I might yet put it on my 500<400 list. I already caught your review on imdb. Pretty cool to have it linked there.

[sol]

Troubling the CanonShow

1. I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986)
2. Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
3a. Das triadische Ballett (1970) 29min + Bonus #1
3b. Art of Memory (1987) 37min = 66min Bonus #2
4. Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
5. No Men Beyond This Point (2015)
6. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
7. The Music of Chance (1993) Bonus #3
8. L'Ordre et la morale (2011) Bonus #4
9a. BabaKiueria (1986) 29min Bonus #5
9b. Sepio (1996) 31min = 60m
10. Nobody's Business (1996) Bonus #6
11. All This Mayhem (2014) Bonus #7
12. Give Us This Day (1949)
13. Train to Busan (2016)
14. Sweet Country (2017)
15. Right of Way (1983) Bonus #8
16. The Hit (1984) Bonus #9 REVISION
17. Meru (2015) Bonus #10
18. The Field (1990) Bonus #11
19. The Work (2017) Bonus #12
20. Metro Manila (2013) Bonus #13
21. Longitude: Ep. 1 (2000) Bonus #14
22. Longitude: Ep. 2 (2000) Bonus #14
23. What Made Her Do It? (1930) Bonus #15
24a. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 1 (1972) Bonus #16
24b. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 2 (1972)
25a. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 3 (1972)
25b. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 4 (1972)
26. Ladybug Ladybug (1963) Bonus #17 REVISION
27. Running on Empty (1988) Bonus #18 REVISION
28a. False Aging (2008) 15min
28b. Inca Light (1972) 17min + Bonus #19
28c. Eye Lands (1970) = 61min
29. The Ghost Camera (1933) Bonus #20
30. Dealer (2004) Bonus #21
31. Hobo (1992)
32. Uptight (1968)
33. I Am a Hero (2015)
34. Princess Cyd (2017)
35. Small Roads (2011)

36. Comrades (1986)



Phew! Finally finished this one. Clocking in at over three hours, Bill Douglas provides a sometimes fascinating and at other times unfocused look into the formation of a pioneer workers' union in nineteenth century England. The topic is not uninteresting and several shots also have a landscape painting quality with Douglas using shadows and silhouettes very well. The film takes a long time to get going though (it is an hour in before a worker even thinks about starting a union) and I didn't feel like I really got to know any of the characters. I did like the insight into penal Australia though.

[jeroeno]

37. Next of Kin (1982)

[Angel Glez]

I won't be voting in DTC

[sol]

Bubbling the CanonShow

1. I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986)
2. Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
3a. Das triadische Ballett (1970) 29min + Bonus #1
3b. Art of Memory (1987) 37min = 66min Bonus #2
4. Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
5. No Men Beyond This Point (2015)
6. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
7. The Music of Chance (1993) Bonus #3
8. L'Ordre et la morale (2011) Bonus #4
9a. BabaKiueria (1986) 29min Bonus #5
9b. Sepio (1996) 31min = 60m
10. Nobody's Business (1996) Bonus #6
11. All This Mayhem (2014) Bonus #7
12. Give Us This Day (1949)
13. Train to Busan (2016)
14. Sweet Country (2017)
15. Right of Way (1983) Bonus #8
16. The Hit (1984) Bonus #9 REVISION
17. Meru (2015) Bonus #10
18. The Field (1990) Bonus #11
19. The Work (2017) Bonus #12
20. Metro Manila (2013) Bonus #13
21. Longitude: Ep. 1 (2000) Bonus #14
22. Longitude: Ep. 2 (2000) Bonus #14
23. What Made Her Do It? (1930) Bonus #15
24a. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 1 (1972) Bonus #16
24b. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 2 (1972)
25a. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 3 (1972)
25b. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 4 (1972)
26. Ladybug Ladybug (1963) Bonus #17 REVISION
27. Running on Empty (1988) Bonus #18 REVISION
28a. False Aging (2008) 15min
28b. Inca Light (1972) 17min + Bonus #19
28c. Eye Lands (1970) = 61min
29. The Ghost Camera (1933) Bonus #20
30. Dealer (2004) Bonus #21
31. Hobo (1992)
32. Uptight (1968)
33. I Am a Hero (2015)
34. Princess Cyd (2017)
35. Small Roads (2011)
36. Comrades (1986)

37. Columbus (2017)



It is tempting to call Columbus a romantic movie, however, the film shies away from developing the connection between the pair as anything beyond intimate friendship, with the movie rather consisting of several philosophical conversations. As such, this is a film with limited dramatic tension and even character development takes a backseat to the audiovisual feel of the film. It is, however, simply a superb film to look at and listen too, full of carefully framed shots of interior and exterior building designs and blessed with an unusual yet very moody music score.

[sol]

Troubling the CanonShow

1. I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986)
2. Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
3a. Das triadische Ballett (1970) 29min + Bonus #1
3b. Art of Memory (1987) 37min = 66min Bonus #2
4. Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
5. No Men Beyond This Point (2015)
6. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
7. The Music of Chance (1993) Bonus #3
8. L'Ordre et la morale (2011) Bonus #4
9a. BabaKiueria (1986) 29min Bonus #5
9b. Sepio (1996) 31min = 60m
10. Nobody's Business (1996) Bonus #6
11. All This Mayhem (2014) Bonus #7
12. Give Us This Day (1949)
13. Train to Busan (2016)
14. Sweet Country (2017)
15. Right of Way (1983) Bonus #8
16. The Hit (1984) Bonus #9 REVISION
17. Meru (2015) Bonus #10
18. The Field (1990) Bonus #11
19. The Work (2017) Bonus #12
20. Metro Manila (2013) Bonus #13
21. Longitude: Ep. 1 (2000) Bonus #14
22. Longitude: Ep. 2 (2000) Bonus #14
23. What Made Her Do It? (1930) Bonus #15
24a. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 1 (1972) Bonus #16
24b. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 2 (1972)
25a. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 3 (1972)
25b. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 4 (1972)
26. Ladybug Ladybug (1963) Bonus #17 REVISION
27. Running on Empty (1988) Bonus #18 REVISION
28a. False Aging (2008) 15min
28b. Inca Light (1972) 17min + Bonus #19
28c. Eye Lands (1970) = 61min
29. The Ghost Camera (1933) Bonus #20
30. Dealer (2004) Bonus #21
31. Hobo (1992)
32. Uptight (1968)
33. I Am a Hero (2015)
34. Princess Cyd (2017)
35. Small Roads (2011)
36. Comrades (1986)
37. Columbus (2017)

38. Sorcerer (1977)



The first hour of this Wages of Fear remake is uneven as we are shown brief snippets of each character's crimes and how they wound up in South America, but the final hour is both intense and thrilling as the foursome set out on their journey along rickety bridges that constantly look in danger of collapsing and through rugged terrain. The Oscar nominated sharp sound recording is a big plus here, with every truck noise making it appear like the explosives are about to be triggered, and coupled with an atmospheric Tangerine Dream music score, this is a divine film to listen to.

[sol]

Bubbling the CanonShow

1. I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986)
2. Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
3a. Das triadische Ballett (1970) 29min + Bonus #1
3b. Art of Memory (1987) 37min = 66min Bonus #2
4. Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
5. No Men Beyond This Point (2015)
6. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
7. The Music of Chance (1993) Bonus #3
8. L'Ordre et la morale (2011) Bonus #4
9a. BabaKiueria (1986) 29min Bonus #5
9b. Sepio (1996) 31min = 60m
10. Nobody's Business (1996) Bonus #6
11. All This Mayhem (2014) Bonus #7
12. Give Us This Day (1949)
13. Train to Busan (2016)
14. Sweet Country (2017)
15. Right of Way (1983) Bonus #8
16. The Hit (1984) Bonus #9 REVISION
17. Meru (2015) Bonus #10
18. The Field (1990) Bonus #11
19. The Work (2017) Bonus #12
20. Metro Manila (2013) Bonus #13
21. Longitude: Ep. 1 (2000) Bonus #14
22. Longitude: Ep. 2 (2000) Bonus #14
23. What Made Her Do It? (1930) Bonus #15
24a. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 1 (1972) Bonus #16
24b. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 2 (1972)
25a. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 3 (1972)
25b. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 4 (1972)
26. Ladybug Ladybug (1963) Bonus #17 REVISION
27. Running on Empty (1988) Bonus #18 REVISION
28a. False Aging (2008) 15min
28b. Inca Light (1972) 17min + Bonus #19
28c. Eye Lands (1970) = 61min
29. The Ghost Camera (1933) Bonus #20
30. Dealer (2004) Bonus #21
31. Hobo (1992)
32. Uptight (1968)
33. I Am a Hero (2015)
34. Princess Cyd (2017)
35. Small Roads (2011)
36. Comrades (1986)
37. Columbus (2017)
38. Sorcerer (1977)

39. Blue Jay (2016)



Two childhood sweethearts decide to spend the day pretending that they are an old married couple in this unusual drama. The premise is quirky, yet all that it ultimately amounts to is the two protagonists conversing since they only interact with one other character (see above). The film does admittedly reach a rather potent emotional peak in the final fifteen minutes as we discover what tore the former lovers apart in the first place, and Mark Duplass and Sarah Paulson certainly give it their all in the lead roles. Not sure if the black and white really adds to the film though.

[peeptoad]

Holy crap ive got to see Summerfield stat... Wake in Fright and Wicker Man are both in my top 10. Yeeesh... now I need to lower expectations so I don't absolutely count on seeing another film so close to perfection.

[sol]

Holy crap ive got to see Summerfield stat... Wake in Fright and Wicker Man are both in my top 10. Yeeesh... now I need to lower expectations so I don't absolutely count on seeing another film so close to perfection.

Yes, you owe it to yourself to give the film a whirl this month. To lower your expectations, I would take The Wicker Man and Wake in Fright over Summerfield any of day of the week. I don't recall it being anywhere near polished, but it is a pretty neat little film with a small but noticeable debt to those earlier 70s efforts.

[peeptoad]

Holy crap ive got to see Summerfield stat... Wake in Fright and Wicker Man are both in my top 10. Yeeesh... now I need to lower expectations so I don't absolutely count on seeing another film so close to perfection.

Yes, you owe it to yourself to give the film a whirl this month. To lower your expectations, I would take The Wicker Man and Wake in Fright over Summerfield any of day of the week. I don't recall it being anywhere near polished, but it is a pretty neat little film with a small but noticeable debt to those earlier 70s efforts.

Fair enough, sol! My anticipation has now plummeted and I'll be looking forward as soon as I can extract myself from my work.

[blocho]

8. Little Fugitive

9. The Work

10. The Endless Summer
Enjoyably lazy surfing doc, with some tongue-in-cheek narration that feels a little less tongue-in-cheek when it takes a hard swerve into racism during the West Africa section.

11. Sweet Country

12. 13th
Really disappointed in this one. Poorly made and confused. I have no idea what the director was trying to do with the many, many short sections that just played a song and displayed the lyrics on screen. I also have no idea why every single time someone said the word criminal, the director cut to a full-frame image of the word criminal--happened about 30 or 40 times.

[St. Gloede]

DtC ratings:

SpoilerShow

1. Zwischen zwei Kriegen / Between Two Wars (1978, Harun Farocki) 4
2. Videogramme einer Revolution / Videogram of a Revolution (1992, Harun Farocki) 3
3. Soleil Ô (1970, Med Hondo) 3
4. Les mille et une mains / A Thousand and One Hands (1973, Souheil Ben-Barka) 1 (fantastic first 15 minutes however)
5. Meandre (1966, Mircea Saucan) 6 (Spellbinding!!!)
6. Don Kikhot / Don Quixote (1957, Grigori Kozintsev) 2
7. Un Amleto di meno / One Hamlet Less (1973, Carmelo Bene) 0
8. Flucht nach Berlin / Flight to Berlin (1961, Will Tremper) 1
9. Boerensymfonie / Peasant Symphony (1944, Henri Storck & Maurice Delattre) 5
10. Pyshka / Boule de suif (1934, Mikhail Romm) 2
11. Duminica la ora 6 / Sunday at Six (1965, Lucian Pintilie) 4
12. Kamouraska (1973, Claude Jutra) 3
13. Die endlose Nacht / The Endless Night, (1963, Will Temper) 1
14. Les orgueilleux / The Proud and the Beautiful (1953, Yves Allégret) 5
15. Jean-Luc persécuté (1966, Claude Goretta) 3
16. Zaseda / The Ambush (1969, Zivojin Pavlovic) 2
17. Os Lobos (1923, Rino Lupo) 1
18. Silvestre (1981, João César Monteiro) 4
19. Ladybird Ladybird (1994, Ken Loach) 4
20. Les antiquités de Rome (1991, Jean-Claude Rousseau) 5
21. Rosa de Areia (1989, António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro) 4
22. Sedotta e abbandonata / Seduced and Abandoned (1964, Pietro Germi) 3
23. Les rendez-vous de Paris (1995, Eric Rohmer) 5 (almost went with 6 for this one, may still change my mind)
24. La Patagonia rebelde / Rebellion in Patagonia (1974, Héctor Olivera) 2
25. Omokage (1948, Heinosuke Gosho) 2
26. Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe / Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975, Manoel de Oliveira) 3
27. Bittere Ernte / Angry Harvest (1985, Agnieszka Holland) 3
28. Casa de Lava / Down to Earth (1994, Pedro Costa) 2
29. Un borghese piccolo piccolo / An Average Little Man (1977, Mario Monicelli) 2
30, Giorgobistve / Falling Leaves (1966, Otar Iosseliani) 2
31. Behindert (1974, Stephen Dwoskin) 2
32. Giordano Bruno (1973, Giuliano Montaldo) 1
33. Monanieba (1984, Tengiz Abuladze) 3
34. A Promessa (1973, António de Macedo) 2
35. Bez konca / No End (1985, Krzysztof Kieslowski) 3
36. Una pelea cubana contra los demonios / A Cuban Fight Against Demons (1972, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea) 6
37. O Canto do Mar / Song of the Sea (1953, Alberto Cavalcanti) 1-2
38. Kukuli (1961, Luis Figueroa & Eulogio Nishiyama) 0
39. Belyie gory / White Mountains (1965, Melis Ubukeyev) 2
40. Me, bebia, Iliko da Ilarioni / I, Grandmother, Iliko and Illarion (1962, Tengiz Abuladze) 3
41. Mi tío Jacinto / Uncle Hyacint (1956, Ladislao Vajda) 4
42. Identificazione di una donna (1982, Michelangelo Antonioni) 1
43. Der verlorene Sohn (1934, Luis Trenker) 2
44. Domingo à Tarde / Sunday Afternoon (1966, António de Macedo) 1
45. La caméra de Claire (2017, Sang-soo Hong) 1
46. Le cousin Jules (1972, Dominique Benicheti) 3
47. ... Mehri to ploio / Cornerstone (1966, Alexis Damianos) 0
48. Ziva istina / Real Truth (1972, Tomislav Radic) 1
49. Gostanza da Libbiano (2000, Paolo Benvenuti) 4
50. Sürü / The Herd (1978, Zeki Ökten) 0
51. La classe américaine (1993, Michel Hazanavicius & Dominique Mézerette) 0
52. Je t'attendrai (1939, Léonide Moguy) 2
53. Valamit visz a víz / Something is in the Water (1944, Gusztáv Oláh & Lajos Zilahy) 0-1
54. Dong fu ren AKA The Arch (1969, Shu Shuen Tong) 1
55. Utajo oboegaki AKA Notes of an Itinerant Performer (1941, Hiroshi Shimizu) 1
56. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997, Werner Herzog) 2
57. Un été inoubliable / An Unforgettable Summer (1994, Lucian Pintilie) 2
58. O Passado e o Presente AKA Past and Present (1972, Manoel de Oliveira) 0
59. Il mare (1963, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi) 2
60. Käpy selän alla / Under Your Skin / Skin, Skin (1966, Mikko Niskanen) 0

61. Keshtzar haye sepid / The White Meadows (2009, Mohammad Rasoulof) 4
62. Montenegro (1981, Dusan Makavejev) 3
63. Moonlighting (1982, Jerzy Skolimowski) 1

[flavo5000]

All three of these apply to the Bonus challenge.

17. All This Mayhem (2014)

Alright, Sol. Here you go.
18. End Play (1976)
19. Summerfield (1977)
I actually really liked this pair of thrillers, enjoying End Play probably a little more than Summerfield but still finding both worthwhile. End Play was quite clever but Summerfield had that gut punch of an ending. Sol, you really should have led with one of these two rather than Dr Plonk. I think your overall impression of the bonus game would've turned out better.

SpoilerShow

1. Durak (2014)
2. Jôi-uchi: Hairyô tsuma shimatsu (1967)
3. This Sporting Life (1963)
4. Comrades (1986)
5. Dharmaga tongjoguro kan kkadalgun (1989)
6. Genius Party Beyond (2008)
7. Naniwa erejî (1936)
8. Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
9. Erosu purasu gyakusatsu (1969)
10. Miracle Mile (1988)
11. Mayerling (1936)
12. Dr. Plonk (2007)
13. The Railway Children (1970)
14. Shinboru (2009)
15. The Fountainhead (1949)
16. Le mani sulla città (1963)
17. All This Mayhem (2014)
18. End Play (1976)
19. Summerfield (1977)

[ChrisReynolds]

Previously watched...Show

1. Black Moon (Malle, 1975) 3 official lists (Nomination from Labraxas) 5/10 (IMDb) 1/6 (DtC)
2. Wisconsin Death Trip (Marsh, 1999) 0 official lists (Nomination from XxXApathy420XxX) 5/10 (IMDb) 1/6 (DtC)
3. Soldaat van Oranje / Soldier of Orange (Verhoeven, 1977) 3 official lists (Nomination from Panunzio) 7/10 (IMDb) 3/6 (DtC)
4. 13 Tzameti (Babluani, 2005) 0 official lists (Nomination from sacmersault) 4/10 (IMDb) 0/6 (DtC)
5. 13th (DuVernay, 2016) 2 official lists (Nomination from TSPDT 21st Century drop-offs) 5/10 (IMDb) 1/6 (DtC)
6. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (Trier, 2013) 1 official list (Nomination from tobias) 7/10 (IMDb) 3/6 (DtC)
7. La tortue rouge / The Red Turtle (Wit, 2016) 0 official lists (Nomination from Fergenaprido) 7/10 (IMDb) 4/6 (DtC)
8. Nymphomaniac: Vol. II (Trier, 2013) 1 official list (Nomination from tobias) 6/10 (IMDb) 2/6 (DtC)

9. The Big Steal (Siegel, 1949) 1 official list (Nomination from jvv)
A fun minor noir that benefits from the Mitchum and Greer pairing, and excellent scene-stealing support from William Bendix and Ramon Novarro. However, it's essentially a feature-length chase without much psychological depth.
5/10 (IMDb) 1/6 (DtC)



10. Les mille et une mains / A Thousand and One Hands (Ben-Barka, 1973) 1 official list (Nomination from Angel Glez)
The lives of wool workers in Casablanca with very little story to speak of. The cinematography is good, but I found it very boring otherwise.
3/10 (IMDb) 0/6 (DtC)

[jdidaco]

Screenshots from 'Soldaten og Jenny' & 'Omokage', both extraordinary DtC noms,



9. Uta onna oboegaki (Notes of an Itinerant Performer, Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941) 8.5/10
10. Voyage sans espoir (Voyage Without Hope, Christian-Jaque, 1943) 9/10
11. Soldaten og Jenny (Jenny and the Soldier, Johan Jacobsen, 1947) 9.5/10
12. Omokage (Vestige, Heinosuke Gosho, 1948) 9.5/10




A colletion of shorts,

13-14. Great Display of Brock's Fireworks (George Albert Smith, 1904) 9.5/10 (5 min), Eye Lands (Myron Ort, 1970) 9/10 (29 min), Notes of an Early Fall (Saul Levine, 1976) 9/10 (33 min), Tarahumaras 78 (Raymonde Carasco, 1979) 10/10 (27 min) , BabaKiueria (Don Featherstone, 1986) 7/10 (29 min) (Total: 123 min)

SpoilerShow

1. Spring Parade (Henry Koster, 1940) 8/10
2. Hi Diddle Diddle (Andrew L. Stone, 1943) 8/10
3. Ohm Krüger (Uncle Kruger, Hans Steinhoff & Karl Anton & Herbert Maisch, 1941) 6.5/10
4. Valamit visz a víz (Something Is in the Water, Gusztáv Oláh & Lajos Zilahy, 1944) 8/10
5. Moontide (Archie Mayo & Fritz Lang, 1942) 9/10
6. The Web (Michael Gordon, 1947) 8/10
7. O Pai Tirano (The Tyrannical Father, António Lopes Ribeiro, 1941) 6.5/10
8. Distinto amanecer (Another Dawn, Julio Bracho, 1943) 9/10

[72aicm]

60. Avaze gonjeshk-ha (2008) [sebby]
61. The Big Steal (1949) [jvv]

SpoilerShow

1. Komissar (1967) [hurluberlu]
2. Skrivánci na niti (1990) [zhangalan]
3. Crime Wave (1985) [Daviddoes]
4. Aa bakudan (1964) [St. Gloede]
5. Homicidal (1961) [frbrown]
6. Zhong hua zhang fu (1978) [cayh]
7. Il tetto (1956) [sacmersault]
8. Shorts:
Art of Memory (1987) 37min [hurluberlu]*
Baltie zvani (1961) 24min [bal3x]
9. Hjertestart (2017) [albajos] *
10. Bakumatsu taiyôden (1957) [DtC 2014]
11. Fingers (1978) [sebby]
12. Von morgens bis mitternachts (1920) [Ebbywebby]
13. Meru (2015) [Nathan Treadway] *
14. Asha Jaoar Majhe (2014) [beavis]
15. Liza, a rókatündér (2015) [cinephage]
16. Nobody's Business (1996) [sebby] *
17. Shorts:
Das triadische Ballett (1970) 29min [rnilsson19] *
If You Stand with Your Back to the Slowing of the Speed of Light in Water (1997) 18min [DtC 2018]
Inspirace (1949) 11min [jvv]
Zoo (1961) 10min [DtC 2014] (rewatch)
18. Angyali üdvözlet (1984) [DtC 2014]
19. Night Tide (1961) [rnilsson19]
20. Jane B. par Agnès V. (1988) [sebby]
21. L'amour à mort (1984) [DtC2014]
22. The Field (1990) [Opio] *
23. Ai sha (1981) [rnilsson19]
24. Daisan no kagemusha (1963) [XxXApathy420XxX]
25. Nise daigakusei (1960) [joachimt]
26. Right of Way (1983) [Nathan Threadway] *
27. Zacharovannaya Desna (1964) [matthewscott8]
28. De laatste dagen van Emma Blank (2009) [joachimt]
29. La mort en direct (1980) [sol]
30. Omocha (1998) [cinephage] *
31. Ladybug Ladybug (1963) [DtC 2014] *
32. Crush (1992) [sol] *
33. Der Goalie bin ig (2014) [DtC 2018]
34. Moontide (1942) [frbrown]
35. Running on Empty (1988) [ofrene] *
36. Lee’s Adventure (2011) [maxwelldeux] *
37. L'ordre et la morale (2011) [filmbantha] *
38. Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) [frbrown]
39. The Pumpkin Eater (1964) [matthewscott8]
40. Panique (1946) [DtC 2014]
41. Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse (2015) [TSPDT]
42. Zezowate szczescie (1960) [klaus78]
43. Dealer (2004) [sacmersault]
44. Era Uma Vez Eu, Verônica (2012) [beavis] *
45. Joe (1970) [bal3x]
46. Nani ga kanojo o sô saseta ka (1930) [Mate_cosido] *
47. Marti, dupã Crãciun (2010) [TSPDT]
48. $9.99 (2008) [sol] *
49. No Highway (1951) [cayado-coro]
50. Act of Violence (1949) [OldAle1]
51. C'est pas moi, je le jure! (2008) [monclivie]
52. All This Mayhem (2014) [nimimerkillinen] *
53. Klassenverhältnisse (1984) [matthewscott8]
54. Cutter's Way (1981) [PeacefulAnarchy]
55. Voice in the Wind (1944) [DtC 2018]
56. The Ghost Camera (1933) [frbrown] *
57. Soldaten og Jenny (1947) [72allinncallme]
58. The Gold Diggers (1983) [OldAle1] *
59. Suture (1993) [Cocoa]
60. Avaze gonjeshk-ha (2008) [sebby]
61. The Big Steal (1949) [jvv]

[filmbantha]

Double in ParadiseShow

1. Sterne - 7/10
2. The Sea That Thinks - 5/10
3. Lee's Adventure - 5/10 (Bonus game #1)
4. Dr Plonk - 6/10 (Bonus game #2)
5. King Rat - 7/10
6. Running on Empty - 7/10 (Bonus game #3)
7. The Field - 8/10 (Bonus game #4)
8. BabaKiueria - 6/10 (Bonus game #5)
9. Fists in the Pocket - 7/10
10. Sorcerer - 8/10
11. Fucking Amal - 7/10
12. House of Games - 6/10
13. Redd Inc - 4/10

14. I, Pierre Riviere, Having slaughtered my mother, my sister and my brother... -7/10 -This was a fascinating insight into the account of a real life murder case that took place in France in the 19th Century. It delves into the psychology behind the murders and explores the intriguing backstory of the family involved. I would never have discovered this if it wasn't nominated for the DTC, so thanks to whoever picked this gem

15. Szamanka - 5/10 - I'm a huge fan of Zulawski and this is the only time I've been disappointed by a film of his. The ethereal and mystical qualities of the film's first half eventually dissipated in the second half and the promising storyline failed to deliver on its intriguing premise. I'm accustomed to the acting in Zulawski's films treading a fine line between sheer brilliance and being over the top but here it seemed too bombastic for its own good. The film wasn't without its flashes of brilliance but these were sadly few and far between.

16. Alpine Fire - 6/10 - I was surprised at how high this currently ranks in the DTC list. It's a fine film with some memorable sequences and a haunting ending but it didn't resonate with me as much as it appears to have done so for others on the forum.

That is probably my lot for this year, I'll be sending in a write in ballot with these updates before the deadline. It's been fun watching others nominations and I'm looking forward to finding out how the list will look after the results. The Field and Sorcerer are my favourite discoveries of this challenge and I hope they make the cut.

[St. Gloede]

14. I, Pierre Riviere, Having slaughtered my mother, my sister and my brother... -7/10 -This was a fascinating insight into the account of a real life murder case that took place in France in the 19th Century. It delves into the psychology behind the murders and explores the intriguing backstory of the family involved. I would never have discovered this if it wasn't nominated for the DTC, so thanks to whoever picked this gem

I'm glad you liked it , though -7 would be far from a gem in my book. Hoping you are a more generous DtC rater.

[albajos]

43. Angela (1995) USA 42 checks [sol - bonus]
44. Anita (2013) USA 48 checks [allisoncm - bonus]
45.The Gold Diggers (1983) UK 2 official list 109 checks [OldAle1 - bonus]
All movies with female directors as the poll deadline is upon us.

Off. list progress
+10 Doubling the Canon (17,0%)

Nominated by
32 by users (incl. 6 shorts)
(Top users: 3: OldAle1; 2: AB537, jeff_v, ofrene, rnilsson19 & sol; 20 with 1)
10 DtC 2014 (incl. 1 short)
05 21st Century drop
02 TSPDT drop
02 DtC 2018 Nom

That brought me to 6 bonus.

The next nominated one out is Ma-Ma. Or aka Rock'n Roll Wolf, or Med Grimm og Gru in norwegian. (and still at 1 vote on the ballot, but with the new akas some recognize it now)

Anyway. There is two versions of this. One in original russian, and one in english with new arrangements. I genereally recommend the english one basically beacuse the music sounds better, but I'll link both so you can compare the songs if you want.

And yes, this is a musical. A family-oriented musical. Basically 95% of the movie is song and dance, so if that is not your cup of tea you wont get much out of it. But it is the cult film in Norway, basically everyone has seen this in their youth, and the Norwegian Broadcasting has bought it in so that we can stream it 24/7 until 2027 if we want (and they'll probably renew it then)

English version, 4:3Show

Russian version, Widescreen, no subsShow

By the way, @max. The ICM-link on Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes/How Yukong Moved the Mountains is incorrect in the OP.

Following Munchausen in his flightShow

01. Force of Evil (1948) USA 12 official list 1 573 checks [DtC 2014] [double]
02. Duel (1971) USA 3 official lists 7 144 checks [AB537]
03. Santa sangre (1989) Italy | Mexico 5 official lists 2 614 checks [ChrisReynolds]
04. Black Roots (1970) West Germany | Sweden | USA 27 checks [DtC 2018 Nom]
05. Joe (1970) USA 167 checks [bal3x]
06. All This Mayhem (2014) Australia | UK 133 checks [nimimerkillinen - bonus] [double]
07. Mikey and Nicky (1976) USA 4 official lists 575 checks [ofrene]
08. The Notebook (2004) USA 1 official list 35 194 checks [21st century Drop-off]
09. Dharmaga tongjoguro kan kkadalgun (1989) South Korea 6 official lists 295 checks [DtC 2014]
10. Sürü (1978) Turkey 5 official lists 297 checks [DtC 2014]
12 (s1a) Das triadische Ballett (1970) West Germany 23 checks [rnilsson19 - bonus] 30 min. (30)
12 (s1b) Chage & Aska: On Your Mark (1995) Japan 601 checks [toromash] 7 min. (37)
11. Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe (1975) Portugal 2 official lists 79 checks [Hawk]
12 (s1c) Short Subject (1969) USA 1 official list 851 checks [tourdesb] 1 min. (38)
12 (s1d) München-Berlin Wanderung (1927)) Germany 101 checks [rnilsson19] 4 min. (42)
12 (s1e) Great Display of Brock's Fireworks (1904) UK 25 checks [XxXApathy420XxX] 5 min. (47)
12 (s1f) Fugue (1999) Switzerland 2 official lists 369 checks [DtC 2014] 7 min. (54)
12 (s1g) Ace of Light (1984) USA 8 checks [Perception de Ambiguity] 8 min. (2)
13. Jackass: The Movie (2002) USA 13 702 checks [21st Century drop]
14. The Truman Show (1998) USA 12 official lists 98 833 checks [Jimi Antiloop] [rewatch]
15. Jigokumon (1953) Japan 9 official lists 904 checks [OldAle1]
16. The Big Steal (1949) USA 1 official list 411 checks [jvv] [double]
17. The Long Voyage Home (1940) USA 3 official lists 576 checks [Wille] [double]
18. Secret Beyond the Door... (1947) USA 2 official lists 925 checks [jeff_v] [double]
19. This Gun for Hire (1942) USA 4 official lists 1 282 checks [DtC 2014] [double]
20. Brute Force (1947) USA 5 official lists 1 613 checks [DtC 2014] [double]
21. Seabiscuit (2003) USA 2 official lists 11 714 checks [21st Century drop]
22. Nazi Concentration Camps (1945) USA 121 checks [maxwelldeux] [double]
23. The Strawberry Blonde (1941) USA 1 official list 446 checks [PGonzalez] [double]
24. Reconstruction (2003) Denmark 1 official list 659 checks [Onderhond]
25. Trust (1990) USA | UK 4 official lists 1 270 checks [jeff_v]
26. Oliver Twist (1948) UK 7 official lists 4 194 checks [DtC 2014] [double]
27. Brighton Rock (1948) UK 8 official lists 1 269 checks DtC 2014] [double]
28. House of Games (1987) USA 8 official lists 2 567 checks [AB537]
29. Friday Night Lights (2004) USA | Germany 3 378 checks [21st Century drop]
30. Nocturnal Animals (2016) USA 5 281 checks [21st Century drop]
31. The More the Merrier (1943) USA 5 official lists 859 checks [DtC 2014] [double]
32. $9.99 (2008) Australia | Israel 228 checks [sol - bonus] [double]
33. Act of Violence (1949) USA 3 official lists 752 checks [OldAle1] [double]
34. The Web (1947) USA 1 official list 137 checks [flip] [double]
35. Moontide (1942) USA 1 official list 173 checks [frbrown] [double]
36. The Gang's All Here (1943) USA 3 official lists 344 checks [ofrene [double]
37. The Fountainhead (1949) USA 1 official list 993 checks [TSPDT drop] [double]
38. Voice in the Wind (1944) USA 1 official list 59 checks [DtC 2018 Nom] [double]
39. La collectionneuse (1967) France 3 official lists 1 284 checks [TSPDT drop]
40. Plein soleil (1960) France | Italy 9 official lists 1 650 checks [DtC 2014]
41. La femme infidèle (1969) France | Itay 4 official lists 556 checks ofrene]
42. Next of Kin (1982) Australia | New Zealand 92 checks [cinephage] [double]

!seen 45

[St. Gloede]

DtC ratings:

SpoilerShow

1. Zwischen zwei Kriegen / Between Two Wars (1978, Harun Farocki) 4
2. Videogramme einer Revolution / Videogram of a Revolution (1992, Harun Farocki) 3
3. Soleil Ô (1970, Med Hondo) 3
4. Les mille et une mains / A Thousand and One Hands (1973, Souheil Ben-Barka) 1 (fantastic first 15 minutes however)
5. Meandre (1966, Mircea Saucan) 6 (Spellbinding!!!)
6. Don Kikhot / Don Quixote (1957, Grigori Kozintsev) 2
7. Un Amleto di meno / One Hamlet Less (1973, Carmelo Bene) 0
8. Flucht nach Berlin / Flight to Berlin (1961, Will Tremper) 1
9. Boerensymfonie / Peasant Symphony (1944, Henri Storck & Maurice Delattre) 5
10. Pyshka / Boule de suif (1934, Mikhail Romm) 2
11. Duminica la ora 6 / Sunday at Six (1965, Lucian Pintilie) 4
12. Kamouraska (1973, Claude Jutra) 3
13. Die endlose Nacht / The Endless Night, (1963, Will Temper) 1
14. Les orgueilleux / The Proud and the Beautiful (1953, Yves Allégret) 5
15. Jean-Luc persécuté (1966, Claude Goretta) 3
16. Zaseda / The Ambush (1969, Zivojin Pavlovic) 2
17. Os Lobos (1923, Rino Lupo) 1
18. Silvestre (1981, João César Monteiro) 4
19. Ladybird Ladybird (1994, Ken Loach) 4
20. Les antiquités de Rome (1991, Jean-Claude Rousseau) 5
21. Rosa de Areia (1989, António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro) 4
22. Sedotta e abbandonata / Seduced and Abandoned (1964, Pietro Germi) 3
23. Les rendez-vous de Paris (1995, Eric Rohmer) 5 (almost went with 6 for this one, may still change my mind)
24. La Patagonia rebelde / Rebellion in Patagonia (1974, Héctor Olivera) 2
25. Omokage (1948, Heinosuke Gosho) 2
26. Benilde ou a Virgem Mãe / Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975, Manoel de Oliveira) 3
27. Bittere Ernte / Angry Harvest (1985, Agnieszka Holland) 3
28. Casa de Lava / Down to Earth (1994, Pedro Costa) 2
29. Un borghese piccolo piccolo / An Average Little Man (1977, Mario Monicelli) 2
30, Giorgobistve / Falling Leaves (1966, Otar Iosseliani) 2
31. Behindert (1974, Stephen Dwoskin) 2
32. Giordano Bruno (1973, Giuliano Montaldo) 1
33. Monanieba (1984, Tengiz Abuladze) 3
34. A Promessa (1973, António de Macedo) 2
35. Bez konca / No End (1985, Krzysztof Kieslowski) 3
36. Una pelea cubana contra los demonios / A Cuban Fight Against Demons (1972, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea) 6
37. O Canto do Mar / Song of the Sea (1953, Alberto Cavalcanti) 1-2
38. Kukuli (1961, Luis Figueroa & Eulogio Nishiyama) 0
39. Belyie gory / White Mountains (1965, Melis Ubukeyev) 2
40. Me, bebia, Iliko da Ilarioni / I, Grandmother, Iliko and Illarion (1962, Tengiz Abuladze) 3
41. Mi tío Jacinto / Uncle Hyacint (1956, Ladislao Vajda) 4
42. Identificazione di una donna (1982, Michelangelo Antonioni) 1
43. Der verlorene Sohn (1934, Luis Trenker) 2
44. Domingo à Tarde / Sunday Afternoon (1966, António de Macedo) 1
45. La caméra de Claire (2017, Sang-soo Hong) 1
46. Le cousin Jules (1972, Dominique Benicheti) 3
47. ... Mehri to ploio / Cornerstone (1966, Alexis Damianos) 0
48. Ziva istina / Real Truth (1972, Tomislav Radic) 1
49. Gostanza da Libbiano (2000, Paolo Benvenuti) 4
50. Sürü / The Herd (1978, Zeki Ökten) 0
51. La classe américaine (1993, Michel Hazanavicius & Dominique Mézerette) 0
52. Je t'attendrai (1939, Léonide Moguy) 2
53. Valamit visz a víz / Something is in the Water (1944, Gusztáv Oláh & Lajos Zilahy) 0-1
54. Dong fu ren AKA The Arch (1969, Shu Shuen Tong) 1
55. Utajo oboegaki AKA Notes of an Itinerant Performer (1941, Hiroshi Shimizu) 1
56. Little Dieter Needs to Fly (1997, Werner Herzog) 2
57. Un été inoubliable / An Unforgettable Summer (1994, Lucian Pintilie) 2
58. O Passado e o Presente AKA Past and Present (1972, Manoel de Oliveira) 0
59. Il mare (1963, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi) 2
60. Käpy selän alla / Under Your Skin / Skin, Skin (1966, Mikko Niskanen) 0
61. Keshtzar haye sepid / The White Meadows (2009, Mohammad Rasoulof) 4
62. Montenegro (1981, Dusan Makavejev) 3
63. Moonlighting (1982, Jerzy Skolimowski) 1

64. Ladybug Ladybug (1963, Frank Perry) 4
65. De ofrivilliga / Involuntary (2008, Ruben Östlund) 5

[sol]

Alright, Sol. Here you go.
18. End Play (1976)
19. Summerfield (1977)
I actually really liked this pair of thrillers, enjoying End Play probably a little more than Summerfield but still finding both worthwhile. End Play was quite clever but Summerfield had that gut punch of an ending. Sol, you really should have led with one of these two rather than Dr Plonk. I think your overall impression of the bonus game would've turned out better.

Yeah, I agree about that. Thinking that Dr Plonk would appeal to most film buffs was a mistake - and based on OldAle's impressions too, Summerfield is indeed what I should have led with. I don't know about End Play; it's great that you liked film, but I would imagine that it's appeal would be rather limited to the horror/thriller loving crowd.

A suggestion, flavo. You're coming up to your second promoted film. You only need to watch one more promoted movie and you get to promote another of your own. I would suggest that you promote something that is less than 4 hours long this time. Well, that's my excuse for not watch it in case you're wondering - but I appreciate you giving some of my stuff a spin.

[AB537]

16. Identificazione di una donna - Identification of a Woman (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1982)

[sol]

43. Angela (1995) USA 42 checks [sol - bonus]
...
All movies with female directors as the poll deadline is upon us.

Thanks for watching Angela in time for the Female Directors poll.

The next nominated one out is Ma-Ma. Or aka Rock'n Roll Wolf, or Med Grimm og Gru in norwegian. (and still at 1 vote on the ballot, but with the new akas some recognize it now)

Anyway. There is two versions of this. One in original russian, and one in english with new arrangements. I genereally recommend the english one basically beacuse the music sounds better, but I'll link both so you can compare the songs if you want.

I think I'll go for the English one because even though the unsubbed Russian one is in attractive-looking widescreen, my knowledge of Russian is limited to да and нет. But yes, I'll watch this. Thanks for nominating something readily available!

DtC ratings:
64. Ladybug Ladybug (1963, Frank Perry) 4

More support for Frank and Eleanor Perry's masterwork!

[allisoncm]

SpoilerShow

1. Große Freiheit Nr. 7 1944 — a.k.a. Port of Freedom, in 3 top lists 5/10 [revote]
2. Ladybird Ladybird (1994, Ken Loach)
3. Mashenka (1942) 5/10
4. Les mille et une mains (1973) 6/10
5. Dr. Plonk (2007) 6/10 BONUS

6. Somniloquies (2017)

Does this have an AKA I'm not seeing? I don't see this on the DtC noms list...

Oops, sorry, I thought this was for DTC, but I was mixed up.

[sol]

Troubling the CanonShow

1. I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like (1986)
2. Terms and Conditions May Apply (2013)
3a. Das triadische Ballett (1970) 29min + Bonus #1
3b. Art of Memory (1987) 37min = 66min Bonus #2
4. Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie (1952)
5. No Men Beyond This Point (2015)
6. Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
7. The Music of Chance (1993) Bonus #3
8. L'Ordre et la morale (2011) Bonus #4
9a. BabaKiueria (1986) 29min Bonus #5
9b. Sepio (1996) 31min = 60m
10. Nobody's Business (1996) Bonus #6
11. All This Mayhem (2014) Bonus #7
12. Give Us This Day (1949)
13. Train to Busan (2016)
14. Sweet Country (2017)
15. Right of Way (1983) Bonus #8
16. The Hit (1984) Bonus #9 REVISION
17. Meru (2015) Bonus #10
18. The Field (1990) Bonus #11
19. The Work (2017) Bonus #12
20. Metro Manila (2013) Bonus #13
21. Longitude: Ep. 1 (2000) Bonus #14
22. Longitude: Ep. 2 (2000) Bonus #14
23. What Made Her Do It? (1930) Bonus #15
24a. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 1 (1972) Bonus #16
24b. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 2 (1972)
25a. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 3 (1972)
25b. Ways of Seeing: Ep. 4 (1972)
26. Ladybug Ladybug (1963) Bonus #17 REVISION
27. Running on Empty (1988) Bonus #18 REVISION
28a. False Aging (2008) 15min
28b. Inca Light (1972) 17min + Bonus #19
28c. Eye Lands (1970) = 61min
29. The Ghost Camera (1933) Bonus #20
30. Dealer (2004) Bonus #21
31. Hobo (1992)
32. Uptight (1968)
33. I Am a Hero (2015)
34. Princess Cyd (2017)
35. Small Roads (2011)
36. Comrades (1986)
37. Columbus (2017)
38. Sorcerer (1977)
39. Blue Jay (2016)

40. Dirty Ho (1976)



Gordon Liu is excellent here as a mysterious rich man who manages to keep his kung fu talents hidden from his newly appointed servant in a variety of clever ways. In fact, the best fight sequences are built on this as he manipulates a woman's limbs to make it look like she is fighting and as he has meetings about wine tasting and antiques that devolve into battles. These incidents are all very funny, especially the chatter about priceless ornaments while Liu and his opponent are fighting. Plot takes a real backseat here though and the ending is extremely abrupt.

And my apologies, max. I had intended to use this one to fill in the 1979 gap in our viewings, but it looks like the release date has undergone some recent changing (see the iCM comments for the film). Three years is quite a bit of difference, but I've seen more extreme release date changes before.

[beavis]

SpoilerShow

1. Hakuja Den (1958)- 7/10
2. Heroes of the East (1978)- 7/10
3. Apocalypse Domani (1980)- 6/10
4. Harlequin (1980) - 7,5/10
5. Kamera o tomeru na! (2017) - 8/10
6. Il Cavaliere Misterioso (1948) - 7,5/10
7. Yôkihi (1955) - 7/10
8. LA 92 (2017) - 7/10
9. Kin-Dza-Dza (1986) - 7,5/10
10. Stop Making Sense (1984) - 7,5/10
11. A Field in England (2013) - 7/10

12. Lola (1981) - 8,5/10
Fassbinder at the top of his game, love all the actors, the colourful lighting, the humor with some depth to it, great stuff.

[maxwelldeux]

@albajos: Thanks for catching that error that I made 3 weeks ago

@sol: We got 1979 earlier today, so we're good there. PS: My first reaction to your last film listed here was "Oh - I see you've ready my wife's biography..." (long story, but "ho" was the very first nickname I gave her)

And with jdidaco's watch of Babakiueria, that brings me to 4 watches, so I get to nominate another one for the bonus game... tomorrow (after I've thought about it).

PS: OP Updated, finally.